Weekly Updates – Progress Makes a PhD

Weekly wrap-ups & agendas for PI/ committee meetings

Weekly Advisor Meeting

1v1

Today’s Meeting is all about mussel reproduction, environmentally induced sex determinants and whatever is up with maternal and paternal mtDNA… cool stuff.

Epigenetics & Ecotoxicology

Exploring Epigenetics as a Tool for Ecotoxicological Work

FISH 510 | October 2025 | Chris Mantegna

Pivot

research path

degree milestones

reframe

Weekly Advisor Meeting

1v1

Today’s goal is to recap last week’s committee meeting and review the scaffolding for re-working the PhD proposal.

Introduction to Notion

productivity tools

Notion has been a management and organization tool that I have been using on and off for the last 6 years, and finally this year I have hit my stride with the platform. This…

October Committee Meeting

committee meeting

Overview of work to date

Weekly Adviser Meeting

1v1

The goal today is to work through building my committee meeting presentation and ending with a recap of activities from the week.

October Goals

biomarkers

bypass package

committee meeting

I have one overarching goal this month and that is to complete the draft of my bypass package and get it to my committee for review by the close of business on October 31st.

Weekly Adviser Meeting

1v1

Agenda for 09.25.2025 Meeting

Kenya 2025

I had the great fortune of collaborating with the University of Minnesota (UMN) and the National Museums of Kenya (KMN) in July and August to conduct field work that…